Quinby (automobile)

[1][2] The Horseless Age magazine of March 1899 reported "'It is an unfailing sign of the times, when one of the oldest carriage-building firms in the country, noted for more than half a century for the excellence of their product, embarks in the manufacture of electric carriages.”[1] J. M. Quinby & Company had been established in Newark in 1834.

For a short time, Electric carriages were built to custom order only, though the firm provided a variety of adaptable styles.

In 1902, Herbert T. Strong, one of Quinby's designers, patented a process for making composite aluminum over wood for automobile bodies.

Quinby's annual Importers Salon exhibits consisted of a variety of open and closed body styles on various imported chassis - Benz, Daimler, Decauville, FIAT, Isotta-Fraschini, Lancia, Mercedes, Minerva, Panhard, Renault, and Rolls-Royce.

American makes displayed at the New York Auto Show included Simplex, Jennis, Locomobile, Lozier, Matheson, Packard, Pennsylvania, Pierce (Great Arrow), Pierce-Arrow, Scott, Singer, Smith & Mabley and Wick.